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Table 4.

Patients’ Health Literacy as Obtained From the Postvisit Questionnaire, for Intervention Practices (n = 445 Patients) and Control Practices (n = 389 Patients)

Health Literacy Question	Intervention Patients, %	Control Patients, %	P Value
How often does someone help you read things your doctor gives you? (n)	(436)	(373)	.15^a
Always/often	11	15
Sometimes	28	25
Never	62	60
How easy or hard is it to fill out medical forms by yourself? (n)	(435)	(370)	.001^a
Extremely/very hard	3	8
Somewhat hard/easy	27	29
Extremely/very easy	70	62
How often is it hard to understand written information about your medical problems? (n)	(436)	(372)	.65^a
Always/often	7	9
Sometimes	54	55
Never	39	36

^a χ² test.